hen comb has black spots that bleed

[laurelbrookhens]

I don't think its frost bite as the girls have a warming lamp. Does this indicate any particular disease? How should I treat it?

 

[Alaskan]

I don't think its frost bite as the girls have a warming lamp. Does this indicate any particular disease? How should I treat it?

there are several possibilities as to what it could be.... .. could you post a photo?

 

[The Phantom]

Could you post a picture please?

 

[laurelbrookhens]

Sorry I don't know how to post a photo. She's a Rhode Island Red. The spots aren't tiny speckles but not huge either. They bled when I tried to clean the spots thinking maybe it was was just dirt. Her legs are also not pretty. They are bumpy looking. She acts healthy.

 

[Alaskan]

well... that isn't much information. ...

but at a guess I would leave it be and see if it improves or progresses.

 

[rebrascora]

Usually black spots on combs are dried blood and indicate that she has been pecked by another chicken, possibly during a pecking order dispute.
Bumpy legs sound like scaly leg mites. You need to slather them in oil or grease, like Vaseline or coconut oil every 2-3 days for a couple of weeks to treat for leg mites.